Chapter 40: Inner Sect Life

After pacifying the future Fire Cloud Rat, Lin Jing entered the pill-refining room inside the cave dwelling.

In this pill-refining room, the walls were inlaid with thousand-year cold stones, regulating the temperature inside the cave. In the center of the room, under an old pill-refining stove, it was connected to the scorching flames deep underground.

Apart from this, there was nothing else.

"This cave dwelling... looks a bit old."

"Elder Shen said this is already the best cave dwelling left. Is that really true..."

Lin Jing activated the "Fire Control Technique" jade slip and absorbed the method of controlling flames into his brain.

Having had the experience of creating "Thousand Changes and Ten Thousand Illusions," Lin Jing found that the use of True Qi for this basic fire-control spell was very simple.

He formed a seal with one hand. The first time he tried it, he easily used True Qi to draw up the earth fire, only almost burning the Pine-Needle Rat watching from the side, without causing too much damage.

"Squeak!"

Firelight shot everywhere. The Pine-Needle Rat jumped to the side and looked at Lin Jing with extreme anger.

Murdering a pet beast!

Attempted!

"Sorry, after all, it's the first time, a bit unskilled," Lin Jing said. "However, if you learn fire spells, you won't have to be afraid of fire."

The Pine-Needle Rat protested. Does it look stupid to you!

"Alright, it won't happen next time. With a little practice, it shouldn't be difficult to get started with the Fire Control Technique. Let's go out and stroll around first," Lin Jing continued to pacify it.

Walking out of the cave dwelling, Lin Jing first went to the Harvest Pavilion Danxia Peak branch, which was a chain store of the entire sect.

Compared to the outer sect Harvest Pavilion, what was sold here were not basic spirit crops like spirit rice and spirit beans.

"Fire Cloud Chili? The Beast Taming Sect doesn't have this kind of thing."

However, it was a pity that the Beast Taming Sect didn't have the Fire Cloud Chili seeds Lin Jing needed.

After leaving the Harvest Pavilion, the Pine-Needle Rat on Lin Jing's shoulder was in a happy mood. It seemed it didn't need to eat chili, but soon its smile disappeared.

Lin Jing... walked from Danxia Peak to the highest peak of the Beast Taming Sect, arriving at the inner sect task hall.

The tasks in the inner sect task hall were more advanced than those in the outer sect task hall. Tasks to slay demons and eliminate devils were everywhere. Senior Brother Ouyang's undercover Demon Sect task was probably accepted here.

"I want to post a task: 'Search for Fire Cloud Chili seeds'." Among a pile of advanced tasks, Lin Jing inserted a task that looked very much like an outer sect task.

"Hmm? New face?" The person in charge of the inner sect task hall wasn't a disciple, but a Foundation Establishment stage bird demon, very much like a magpie.

It was one of the pet beasts of the elder in charge of the inner sect task hall, acting on behalf of the other to look after this place. It was said that whenever a disciple went out of the sect to perform a task, it would sing a "Good Luck Song" to the other, wishing them a safe return.

Every time a disciple didn't return smoothly after hearing the song, some people could see it weeping.

"Senior, I am Lin Jing, a newly promoted inner sect disciple of Danxia Peak."

"Counting the time, it is indeed just after the inner sect assessment ended," the magpie spirit said. "Posting a task requires one spirit stone. What is your task reward?"

"Spirit stones," Lin Jing said. Although there was nothing valuable in the Snow Plains cultivator's storage bag, there were still some of the basic currency for cultivators. The beast blood inside had been given to the senior brothers and sisters, so these remaining spirit stones would be used to treat the Pine-Needle Rat to chili.

After posting the task, Lin Jing left the task hall with satisfaction. On the way back to the cave dwelling, he stopped again in front of the Danxia Peak Pill Building.

The Pill Building could be said to be the exclusive library of Danxia Peak. Unlike the inner sect library, which collected various spells, this was a pile of pill formulas for Danxia Peak disciples to consult.

"Pill-refining room, Fire Control Technique—I already have them. If I want to learn pill refining, it's best to do it in practice. Let's go get two basic pill formulas," Lin Jing said to the Pine-Needle Rat, who was very depressed on his shoulder.

"Squeak..." It didn't want to eat chili.

"Don't worry, I won't force you. After I experiment with Elder Black Bear and find there are no side effects, I'll spray the fire myself." Lin Jing felt he was still kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see his pet beast suffer.

When they arrived at the Pill Building, the one guarding it wasn't a human, but a Foundation Establishment stage rabbit demon with red eyes.

Lin Jing shook his head. The outer sect was fine, but how did the inner sect feel like entering a demon nest, with more demons than humans.

"You are Lin Jing who just joined Danxia Peak?"

"Senior knows me?"

"My beast tamer is Elder Shen. She informed me. She said if you come to the Pill Building, I should pick suitable pill formulas for you to practice with. But I didn't expect you to come so soon," the rabbit demon said. "Have you finished reciting the Plant and Wood Chapter? Have you learned the Fire Control Technique? You're in such a hurry to find pill formulas?"

Lin Jing nodded. "The 'Plant and Wood Collection' has already been recited, and the Fire Control Technique has also been mastered."

"As expected of the genius Elder Shen values." The rabbit demon nodded with satisfaction. "The basic pill formulas on the first floor can be picked at will. They are all formulas and techniques for refining first-grade pills suitable for the Qi Condensation stage."

"As for the second floor, they are some high-end pills, such as various types of Foundation Establishment pills, which require sect contribution points to exchange."

"I'll just pick two books on the first floor," Lin Jing said.

"Then you pick for yourself first, and then I'll give you advice!" The rabbit demon rolled a cigarette, sat back leisurely, took a puff, and exhaled white smoke.

Seeing this, Lin Jing was silent.

How is this rabbit demon still smoking!

He covered the Pine-Needle Rat's curious gaze on his shoulder, not letting it look.

Afterward, he looked at the first-floor pill formulas himself.

Spirit-Replenishing Pill... Lin Jing and the others had eaten quite a few. The effect was to replenish magic power, which could be said to be universal for all realms. The formulas for each grade were different.

Beast Power Pill, which could allow cultivators to temporarily possess the power of demonic beasts.

Inedia Pill...

Hmm? Contraceptive Pill?

Lin Jing saw something familiar again. It seemed there was something called a Contraceptive Technique before.

Besides the Contraceptive Pill, there were also Heat-Inducing Powder and Soul-Bewitching Pill on the side.

He opened his mouth slightly. If he didn't know this was the Beast Taming Sect, he would have thought he had accidentally entered the Hehuan Sect.

"Senior, I've picked them."

After a while, Lin Jing took two pill formulas to show the rabbit demon senior.

"Spirit-Replenishing Pill, hmm, the basic of basics, very suitable for introductory practice."

"Soul-Bewitching Pill... why are you picking this thing?" the rabbit demon asked.

"I suggest you pick the Beast Power Pill. Your pet beast, the Pine-Needle Rat, is too fragile, and the beast tamer himself is also very fragile. With a Beast Power Pill, if you take one in battle, your body can possess the power of a tiger or elephant!"

"Most importantly... the Beast Power Pill sells better than the Soul-Bewitching Pill!"

"The Soul-Bewitching Pill can cause the user to have hallucinations for a period of time, unable to distinguish between illusion and reality," Lin Jing said. "I've been researching illusionary spells recently, so I want to take a few Soul-Bewitching Pills to find the feeling."

"So that's it," the rabbit demon said. "This is very reasonable. Then you pick it."

Taking the pill formulas away, Lin Jing and the others finally returned to the cave dwelling. The Pine-Needle Rat went to count the things in the two storage bags, while Lin Jing fell asleep.

He had been too exhausted recently and had used his brain too much. He needed to rest well now.

In his dream, Lin Jing dreamed that he swallowed a Golden Core into his abdomen, the Pine-Needle Rat slashed open the path to ascension with one leaf, and both sides became the only cultivators in the Tianyuan Continent to successfully ascend to the Immortal World.

This Immortal World... before they could observe carefully, they were knocked unconscious, tied up, and sent to an immortal cave to mine. ===== CHAPTER 41 =====